Fook United Airlines

[brutal]

[Irving]

What was the Pepsi thing?

Never mind, I found it.

[NFATrustGuy]

I hear you have a
very small plane.

Yes, I do. I once passed a guy on downwind when he was taking his Private Pilot checkride. (I knew the examiner and coordinated the pass via radio before I did it.) The examiner later told me the Applicant insisted that the plane that passed them was a giant scale radio-controlled plane. It has an 18' wingspan and is 16' long. It weighs about 650# empty and top speed is about 180mph with a 100hp engine. A Midget Mustang.

Honestly not much of a traveling machine, but it's fun and cheap for hamburger runs and entertainment. I'm not really one to go on vacations.

[JohnnyEgo]

And to think my biggest issue with United before this was their window-middle-aisle boarding strategy.

I like Southwest. Everyone's equally surly. I don't have any data to back this up, but I believe there are fewer fights on Southwest flights because everyone already knows that if you are flying Southwest, you can't have that much to lose.

I fly SWA pretty much whenever I can on flights of 2 hours or less. 2 hours or more, and I usually fly United for the cheap 1st class upgrade. Now possibly with free concussions along with the hot towels.

[kfr]

[Gman]

United CEO doubles down in email to employees, says passenger was 'disruptive and belligerent'

In an email to employees, United CEO Oscar Munoz addressed an incident in which an overbooked passenger had to be forcibly removed from a United plane.

United CEO Oscar Munoz doubled down in a letter to employees on Monday evening, claiming that employees "followed established procedures" when removing a passenger from a plane because it was overbooked, and calling the passenger "disruptive and belligerent."

Text of letter from United CEO defending employees

[J]

Yes, I do. I once passed a guy on downwind when he was taking his Private Pilot checkride. (I knew the examiner and coordinated the pass via radio before I did it.) The examiner later told me the Applicant insisted that the plane that passed them was a giant scale radio-controlled plane. It has an 18' wingspan and is 16' long. It weighs about 650# empty and top speed is about 180mph with a 100hp engine. A Midget Mustang.

Honestly not much of a traveling machine, but it's fun and cheap for hamburger runs and entertainment. I'm not really one to go on vacations.

I'll bite. Ultra light? Long-e-z? Your cruise is 180, or Vne? Must be a slippery airframe either way way.

I've got 200hp and 180 is close to my Vne. Cruise is no where near.

[Gman]

Mustang Aeronautics

I had to look up the Midget Mustang. Pretty slick little aircraft.

[J]

I'll be....

I figured midget Mustang was a turn of phrase... Not a model.

Neat!

P.s. Oshkosh?

[Irving]

Yes, I do. I once passed a guy on downwind when he was taking his Private Pilot checkride. (I knew the examiner and coordinated the pass via radio before I did it.) The examiner later told me the Applicant insisted that the plane that passed them was a giant scale radio-controlled plane. It has an 18' wingspan and is 16' long. It weighs about 650# empty and top speed is about 180mph with a 100hp engine. A Midget Mustang.

Honestly not much of a traveling machine, but it's fun and cheap for hamburger runs and entertainment. I'm not really one to go on vacations.

I'll bite. Ultra light? Long-e-z? Your cruise is 180, or Vne? Must be a slippery airframe either way way.

I've got 200hp and 180 is close to my Vne. Cruise is no where near.

Mini Mustang, like he said.

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/27743-A...=1#post1540739

And another picture a few posts down.
https://www.ar-15.co/threads/27743-A...=1#post1541627


ETA: Ah man, I spent all that time looking up that thread and missed it by that much.